Triscribe

I’m in denial that it’s almost the end of summer. This Slate article by Daniel Gross raises a good point: it’s kind of hard to criticize government health insurance if you’re a recipient of government health insurance. Well, no one said that hypocrisy isn’t funny. I’ve really enjoyed watching Nova ScienceNow this summer. It had [...]

Hip hop comes to China, via Chinese American expats and general American influence. Could it mean (political) expression? Hmm. Apparently, US Dept. of Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, is having a great time visiting China. Besides the job of reassuring people that the US economy isn’t totally imploding, he gets to use his Mandarin skills. Well, [...]

Someone who is a great guy and showed me so much…. Read about Russian Paul. Now I know approximately how old he is hah!

Am in Beijing today and tomorrow, flying back through Typhoon Wipra perhaps on Wednesday. Was a strange weather experience.  Overcast this morning and hazy. Ok but then the weather took a turn for the nasty ugly.  After lunch time, the weather turned darker and from the 19th floor, couldn’t see anything. By 3pm, it was [...]

Nor’easter – signs of… snow? Well, drizzle and flurries, anyway. Umm, this must also mean that May is going to turn out beautiful – sunny and pleasant – or else we’re facing a heat wave in “spring.” All the more to remember that Earth Day is coming; let’s save the Earth! Umm, yeah, I am [...]

hey FC, wanted to mention I like what you’ve done with the little tweaks here and there. Arrived back in Taipei yesterday. My traveling seems to be always rush rush these days. I forgot my laptop battery pack at my friend’s home in Beijing. The trip out to Beijing airport early morning was pretty busy [...]

Another beautiful day in Beijing… as I near the end of my visit, the weather gets warmer and my comfort level with the city gets higher and higher. Read in the NYT about the China development – economic and social – and have faced the reality. Yes, the driving here is nuts. The amount of [...]

Hilon IT Mall…. And I thought Malaysia’s Sungei Wang/Plaza Loh Yat/BB Plaza was good at it but Hah! Hilon the original in Beijing. 10 floors of just tech goods, from laptops, pc parts, PCs, office equipment, mp3 players, Apple, Ipods, digital cameras, you name it. The guys are aggressive pitching their wares. Have to be [...]

Had some internet problems with my new Asus laptop. Missing network controller seems to not allow me to use a regular RJ45 line to plug into the internet. So I was kinda down, borrowing terminals here and there from my friend’s company dealing with entrepreneur startups in China. Past couple of days was warm, but [...]

Today was a much nicer day here in Beijing… sun came out, from the 23rd floor, I could actually see something, not a lot but not bad. Needed the warmth because am coming down with a cold, sore throat and sniffles and sneezing . Haven’t had that in a while. Last night’s dinner was interesting. [...]